List of most expensive association football transfers

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Neymar, who completed the most expensive transfer ever

The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first recorded record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893[1] (equivalent to £11,000 in 2019). This occurred just eight years after the introduction of professionalism by the Football Association in 1885.[2] The current transfer record was set by the transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million (£190 million) in August 2017.[3][4]

Highest transfer payments in association football[]

Most of the transfers on this list are to clubs under UEFA's jurisdiction, and most of the purchasing clubs are from England, France, Italy and Spain. Manchester City of England and Real Madrid of Spain appear on this list eight times each, the most of any club.

Romelu Lukaku appears on this list three times for moves to Manchester United, Internazionale and Chelsea. Two players appear on the list twice: Ángel Di María and Cristiano Ronaldo. All of the players on the list are of European (UEFA), South American (CONMEBOL), North America (CONCACAF) and African (CAF) origin. Following the transfer of American Christian Pulisic of the CONCACAF confederation in 2019, there are currently no players on the list from the remaining regions; Asia (AFC) and Oceania (OFC).

As of 12 August 2021

  Fee broke the world football transfer record at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the record for a teenager at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the national league record at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the record for a South American player at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the record for an African player at the time of the transfer
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  Fee broke the record for a goalkeeper at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the record for a defender at the time of the transfer
Top 50 most expensive association football transfers hide
Rank Player From To Position Fee
(€ mln) 		Fee
(£ mln) 		Year Born Reference
1 Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona France Paris Saint-Germain Forward €222[a] £198 2017 1992 [3][5][4]
2 France Kylian Mbappé France Monaco France Paris Saint-Germain Forward €180 £163 2018[b] 1998 [6]
3 Brazil Philippe Coutinho England Liverpool Spain Barcelona Midfielder €145 £105[c] 2018 1992 [7]
4 Portugal João Félix Portugal Benfica Spain Atlético Madrid Forward €126[d] £104.1 2019 1999 [8]
5 France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid Spain Barcelona Forward €120 £107 2019 1991 [9]
6 England Jack Grealish England Aston Villa England Manchester City Forward €117 £100 2021 1995 [10]
7 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Italy Inter Milan England Chelsea Forward €115 £97.5 2021 1993 [11]
8 France Ousmane Dembélé Germany Borussia Dortmund Spain Barcelona Forward €105[e] £97 2017 1997 [12][13]
France Paul Pogba Italy Juventus England Manchester United Midfielder €105[f] £89 2016 1993 [14][15][16]
10 Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea Spain Real Madrid Forward €100 £89[g] 2019 1991 [17]
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid Italy Juventus Forward €100[h] £88 2018 1985 [18]
Wales Gareth Bale England Tottenham Hotspur Spain Real Madrid Forward €100 £86 2013 1989 [19]
13 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United Spain Real Madrid Forward €94 £80 2009 1985 [20][21]
14 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Italy Napoli Italy Juventus Forward €90 £75.3 2016 1987 [22][23]
15 England Harry Maguire England Leicester City England Manchester United Defender €87 £80 2019 1993 [24]
16 Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Everton England Manchester United Forward €85 £75[i] 2017 1993 [25][26]
17 England Jadon Sancho Germany Borussia Dortmund England Manchester United Midfielder €85 £73[j] 2021 2000 [27][28]
18 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk England Southampton England Liverpool Defender €84.5 £75 2018 1991 [29]
19 Uruguay Luis Suárez England Liverpool Spain Barcelona Forward €82.3 £65 2014 1987 [30]
20 Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Manchester United Italy Inter Milan Forward €80 £74 2019 1993 [31][32]
Ivory Coast Nicolas Pépé France Lille England Arsenal Midfielder €80 £72 2019 1995 [33]
Spain Kepa Arrizabalaga Spain Athletic Bilbao England Chelsea Goalkeeper €80[k] £71.6 2018 1994 [34]
France Lucas Hernandez Spain Atlético Madrid Germany Bayern Munich Defender €80 £68 2019 1996 [36]
24 Germany Kai Havertz Germany Bayer Leverkusen England Chelsea Midfielder €77 £70 2020 1999 [37]
25 France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus Spain Real Madrid Midfielder €76[l] £46.6 2001 1972 [39][40][41]
26 Argentina Ángel Di María Spain Real Madrid England Manchester United Forward €75.6 £59.7 2014 1988 [42]
27 Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt Netherlands Ajax Italy Juventus Defender €75[m] £67.5 2019 1999 [43]
Netherlands Frenkie de Jong Netherlands Ajax Spain Barcelona Midfielder €75[n] £65 2019 1997 [44]
Colombia James Rodríguez France Monaco Spain Real Madrid Midfielder €75 £63 2014 1991 [45]
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne Germany VfL Wolfsburg England Manchester City Midfielder €75 £55 2015 1991 [46]
31 Brazil Arthur Spain Barcelona Italy Juventus Midfielder €72 £66 2020 1996 [47]
32 Nigeria Victor Osimhen France Lille Italy Napoli Forward €70 £65 2020 1998 [48]
Spain Rodri Spain Atlético Madrid England Manchester City Midfielder €70 £63 2019 1996 [49]
France Thomas Lemar France Monaco Spain Atlético Madrid Midfielder €70 £63 2018 1995 [50]
35 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Italy Inter Milan Spain Barcelona Forward €69.5[o] £56 2009 1981 [51][52][53][54]
36 Portugal Rúben Dias Portugal Benfica England Manchester City Defender €68 £61.64 2020 1997 [55]
37 Algeria Riyad Mahrez England Leicester City England Manchester City Forward €67.8 £60 2018 1991 [56]
38 Brazil Kaká Italy Milan Spain Real Madrid Midfielder €67[p] £56 2009 1982 [57][58][59]
39 Spain Álvaro Morata Spain Real Madrid England Chelsea Forward €65.5 £58[q] 2017 1992 [60]
40 France Aymeric Laporte Spain Athletic Bilbao England Manchester City Defender €65.2 £57 2018 1994 [61]
41 Portugal João Cancelo Italy Juventus England Manchester City Defender €65 £60[r] 2019 1994 [62]
42 Uruguay Edinson Cavani Italy Napoli France Paris Saint-Germain Forward €64.5 £55 2013 1987 [63]
43 United States Christian Pulisic Germany Borussia Dortmund England Chelsea Forward €64 £58 2019 1998 [64]
Argentina Ángel Di María England Manchester United France Paris Saint-Germain Forward €64 £44 2015 1988 [65]
45 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Germany Borussia Dortmund England Arsenal Forward €63.7 £56.1 2018 1989 [66]
46 Brazil Alisson Italy Roma England Liverpool Goalkeeper €62.5 £56[s] 2018 1992 [67]
England Raheem Sterling England Liverpool England Manchester City Forward €62.5 £44[t] 2015 1994 [68]
48 Portugal Luís Figo Spain Barcelona Spain Real Madrid Midfielder €62 £37 2000 1972 [69][70]
49 Brazil Oscar England Chelsea China Shanghai SIPG Midfielder €61 £52 2017 1991 [71]
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić Italy Juventus Spain Barcelona Midfielder €60[u] £54.8 2020 1990 [47]
Serbia Luka Jović Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Spain Real Madrid Forward €60 £52.4 2019 1997 [72]
France Tanguy Ndombele France Lyon England Tottenham Hotspur Midfielder €60[v] £53.8 2019 1996 [73]
Guinea Naby Keïta Germany RB Leipzig England Liverpool Midfielder €60 £52.75 2018 1995 [74]
Morocco Achraf Hakimi Italy Inter Milan France Paris Saint-Germain Defender €60[w] £51.3 2021 1998 [75]
Colombia Radamel Falcao Spain Atlético Madrid France Monaco Forward €60[x] £51 2013 1986 [76][77]

Notes

  1. ^ Neymar paid his own termination clause, as is mandatory in Spain, making him a free agent.
  2. ^ On loan since 2017, permanent move in July 2018
  3. ^ Initial £105 million plus reported £37 million bonuses
  4. ^ Initial fee of €126m plus €1.2m of solidarity contribution
  5. ^ Initial €105 million plus reported €40 million bonuses
  6. ^ Fee was to be paid over time with an initial €105 million, plus another €5 million in additional bonuses; Pogba's agent Mino Raiola also received a reported €27 million from Juventus, from a portion of aforementioned transfer fee from Manchester United.
  7. ^ Initial £89 million plus reported £60 million bonuses
  8. ^ €100 million plus €5 million of solidarity contribution and €12 million broker fee
  9. ^ Fee was to be paid over time with an initial £75 million, plus another £15 million in additional bonuses.
  10. ^ The deal includes £5m in add-ons.
  11. ^ Kepa paid his own termination clause, as is mandatory in Spain, making him a free agent.[34] He subsequently signed for Chelsea.[35]
  12. ^ fee originally in 150 billion lire; the fixed exchange rate between euro and lire was 1:1936.27. The fee was paid in 4 annual installments;[38] on accounting purpose, the fee was listed as approx. €75m[38]
  13. ^ Initial €75 million, payable in 5 financial years, plus additional €10,5 million broker fee
  14. ^ Initial €75 million plus reported €11 million bonuses
  15. ^ Initial transfer fee for Ibrahimović is indeterminable. According to Barcelona's press release, Ibrahimović signed a 5-year contract, for €46 million fee in installments and the exchange of Eto'o (valued at €20 million) and the loan of Alexander Hleb (with an option to buy for a €10 million fee), with a €250 million release clause, making Ibrahimović worth €66 million plus the undisclosed loan fee of Hleb. However, the Hleb deal collapsed. Eventually Ibrahimović cost Barcelona €69.884 million according to their financial report, which included other fees. As per the Inter book the fee was €69.5 million, but part of the Inter fee (max. 5% according to FIFA regulation) were deducted and distributed by Barcelona to youth clubs of Ibrahimović: Malmö FF and AFC Ajax as solidarity contribution.
  16. ^ The fee broke the world record in pound sterling, but not in euro (Zinedine Zidane was the most expensive in euro at that time); as the fee was paid in installments, the accountant that prepared the financial report adjusted the value to €66.073 million as the present value to reflect the loss in interest
  17. ^ Fee was to be paid over time with an initial £58 million, plus another £12 million in additional bonuses.
  18. ^ Cancelo's transfer equates to €65 million as part-exchange deal, where Danilo would be sent to Juventus.
  19. ^ Initial fee of £56 million with reported performance related bonuses of £9 million.
  20. ^ Fee was to be paid over time with an initial £44 million, plus another £5 million in additional bonuses.
  21. ^ Initial €60 million plus reported €10 million bonuses
  22. ^ Initial €60 million plus reported €10 million bonuses
  23. ^ Initial €60 million plus reported €11 million objective bonuses
  24. ^ Estimated figure. The transfer fee has not been disclosed.

World football transfer record[]

The first player to ever be transferred for a fee of over £100 was Scottish striker Willie Groves when he together with Jack Reynolds (£50) made the switch from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893,[2] eight years after the legalisation of professionalism in the sport. It took just another twelve years for the figure to become £1000, when Sunderland striker Alf Common moved to Middlesbrough.[78][79]

It was not until 1928 that the first five-figure transfer took place. David Jack of Bolton Wanderers was the subject of interest from Arsenal, and in order to negotiate the fee down, Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman got the Bolton representatives drunk.[80][81] Subsequently, David Jack was transferred for a world record fee when Arsenal paid £10,890 to Bolton for his services, after Bolton had asked for £13,000, which was double the previous record made when Sunderland signed Burnley's Bob Kelly a fee of for £6,500.[79]

Diego Maradona and Ronaldo were twice transferred for world record fees.[82]

The first player from outside Great Britain to break the record was Bernabé Ferreyra, a player known as La Fiera for his powerful shot. His 1932 transfer from Tigre to River Plate cost £23k,[81] and the record would last for 17 years (the longest the record has lasted) until it was broken by Manchester United's sale of Johnny Morris to Derby County for £24k in March 1949. The record was broken seven further times between 1949 and 1961, when Luis Suárez Miramontes was sold by FC Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152k, becoming the first ever player sold for more than £100k.[79]

In 1968, Pietro Anastasi became the first £500k player when Juventus purchased him from Varese,[81] which was followed seven years later with Giuseppe Savoldi becoming the first million pound player when he transferred from Bologna to Napoli.[79][81]

After Alf Common and David Jack, the third player to twice be transferred for world record fees is Diego Maradona.[79][81] His transfers from Boca Juniors to Barcelona for £3m, and then to Napoli for £5m, both broke the record in 1982 and 1984 respectively. The most recent is Ronaldo with his record-breaking move from PSV Eindhoven to Barcelona in 1996 for £13.2m, although Alan Shearer's transfer to Newcastle broke the record the same summer. A year later Inter Milan paid £19.5m for Ronaldo and again he became the player with the highest transfer fee.

In the space of 61 days in 1992,[81] three transfers broke the record,[79] all by Italian clubs: Jean-Pierre Papin transferred from Marseille to A.C. Milan, becoming the first ever £10m player.[81] Almost immediately, rivals Juventus topped that with the signing of Gianluca Vialli for a fee of £12m from Sampdoria. Milan then completed the signing of Gianluigi Lentini for a fee of £13m which stood as the record for three years.

The 1996 transfer of Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle United, for a fee of £15m,[83] kickstarted a year-by-year succession of record breaking transfers: Ronaldo moved the following year to Inter Milan from FC Barcelona for a fee of £17m,[84] which was followed in 1998 by the shock transfer of his fellow countryman Denílson from São Paulo to Real Betis for a fee of approximately £21m.[79][81][85]

In 1999 and 2000, Italian clubs returned to their record-breaking ways, with Christian Vieri transferring from Lazio to Inter Milan for £28m,[86] while Hernán Crespo's transfer from Parma to Lazio ensured he became the first player to cost more than £30m.[79][87] The transfer prompted the BBC to ask "has the world gone mad"?[88] It took two weeks for the record to be broken when Luís Figo made a controversial £37m move from Barcelona to rivals Real Madrid.[79][89] A year later, Real increased the record again with a signing of Zinedine Zidane for £48 million (150 billion lire).[90]

Zidane's record stood for 8 years, the longest since the 1940s. Real Madrid continued with the Galácticos policy by buying Kaká from Milan for €67 million (£56 million),[91] which was the world record in pound sterling. However, both world record in euro and in pound sterling were broke by Real themselves when signing Cristiano Ronaldo for £80m (€94m) from Manchester United in the same transfer window,[79][92] 4 years later Real Madrid broke the record again after completed the signing of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013. Although Real initially insisted that the transfer cost €91.59 million, slightly less than the Ronaldo fee, the deal was widely reported to be around €100 million (around £85.1 million).[93][94] Documents leaked in 2016 by Football Leaks revealed that instalments brought the final Bale fee up to a total of €100,759,418.[79][95] In 2016, Manchester United eventually took the record away from Real Madrid, signing French midfielder Paul Pogba for €105 million (£89 million),[96] four years after having released him to Juventus for training compensation.

A year after the Pogba transfer, however, there was a major jump in the record fee. Paris St. Germain matched the €222 million buyout fee of Barcelona's Neymar, converted to a reported £198 million by different sources,[4] or £200 million[3][5] more than double the previous record. This was the first time that the record fee was paid by a French club.

Historical progression[]

Year Player Selling club Buying club Fee (£)
1893 Scotland Willie Groves England West Bromwich Albion England Aston Villa 100[2]
1903 England Ben Green England Barnsley England Small Heath 500[97]
1904 England Alf Common (1) England Sheffield United England Sunderland 520[98]
1904 Scotland Andy McCombie England Sunderland England Newcastle United 700[99]
1905 England Alf Common (2) England Sunderland England Middlesbrough 1,000[100]
1913 England Daniel Shea England West Ham United England Blackburn Rovers 2,000[101]
1913 England Tommy Barber England Bolton Wanderers England Aston Villa 2,000[102]
1914 England Percy Dawson Scotland Heart of Midlothian England Blackburn Rovers 2,500[103]
1920 England David Jack (1) England Plymouth Argyle England Bolton Wanderers 3,500[104]
1921 Scotland Tom Hamilton Scotland Kilmarnock England Preston North End 4,600[105]
1922 England Syd Puddefoot England West Ham United Scotland Falkirk 5,000[106]
1922 England Warney Cresswell England South Shields England Sunderland 5,500[107]
1925 England Bob Kelly England Burnley England Sunderland 6,500[108]
1928 England David Jack (2) England Bolton Wanderers England Arsenal 10,890[109]
1932 Argentina Bernabé Ferreyra Argentina Tigre Argentina River Plate 23,000[109]
1949 England Johnny Morris England Manchester United England Derby County 24,000[108]
1949 England Eddie Quigley England Sheffield Wednesday England Preston North End 26,500[108]
1950 Wales Trevor Ford England Aston Villa England Sunderland 30,000[108]
1951 England Jackie Sewell England Notts County England Sheffield Wednesday 34,500[108]
1952 Sweden Hans Jeppson Italy Atalanta Italy Napoli 52,000[109]
1954 Uruguay Juan Schiaffino Uruguay Peñarol Italy Milan 72,000[109]
1957 Argentina Enrique Omar Sivori Argentina River Plate Italy Juventus 93,000[109]
1961 Spain Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona Italy Internazionale 152,000[109]
1963 Italy Angelo Sormani Italy Mantova Italy Roma 250,000[109]
1967 Denmark Harald Nielsen Italy Bologna Italy Internazionale 300,000[110]
1968 Italy Pietro Anastasi Italy Varese Italy Juventus 500,000[109]
1973 Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax Spain Barcelona 922,000[109]
1975 Italy Giuseppe Savoldi Italy Bologna Italy Napoli 1,200,000[109]
1976 Italy Paolo Rossi Italy Vicenza Italy Juventus 1,750,000[109]
1982 Argentina Diego Maradona (1) Argentina Boca Juniors Spain Barcelona 3,000,000[109]
1984 Argentina Diego Maradona (2) Spain Barcelona Italy Napoli 5,000,000[109]
1987 Netherlands Ruud Gullit Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Italy Milan 6,000,000[109]
1990 Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Fiorentina Italy Juventus 8,000,000[109]
1992 France Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille Italy Milan 10,000,000[109]
1992 Italy Gianluca Vialli Italy Sampdoria Italy Juventus 12,000,000[109]
1992 Italy Gianluigi Lentini Italy Torino Italy Milan 13,000,000[109]
1996 Brazil Ronaldo (1) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Spain Barcelona 13,200,000[109]
1996 England Alan Shearer England Blackburn Rovers England Newcastle United 15,000,000[111]
1997 Brazil Ronaldo (2) Spain Barcelona Italy Internazionale 19,500,000[109]
1998 Brazil Denílson Brazil São Paulo Spain Real Betis 21,500,000[112][113]
1999 Italy Christian Vieri Italy Lazio Italy Internazionale 32,000,000[114]
2000 Argentina Hernán Crespo Italy Parma Italy Lazio 35,500,000[114]
2000 Portugal Luís Figo Spain Barcelona Spain Real Madrid 37,000,000[114]
2001 France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus Spain Real Madrid 46,600,000[114][41]
2009 Brazil Kaká Italy Milan Spain Real Madrid 56,000,000[115]
2009 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United Spain Real Madrid 80,000,000[116]
2013 Wales Gareth Bale England Tottenham Hotspur Spain Real Madrid 86,000,000[117]
2016 France Paul Pogba Italy Juventus England Manchester United 89,000,000[118]
2017 Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona France Paris Saint-Germain 198,000,000[3][5][4]

Number of record players by country[]

Country Player records Record selling Record buying
England England 15 19 18
Italy Italy 8 14 18
Argentina Argentina 5 3 1
Brazil Brazil 5 1 0
France France 3 1 1
Scotland Scotland 3 1 1
Netherlands Netherlands 2 3 0
Wales Wales 2 0 0
Portugal Portugal 2 0 0
Spain Spain 1 5 9
Uruguay Uruguay 1 1 0
Denmark Denmark 1 0 0
Sweden Sweden 1 0 0

Number of record players by club[]

Club Record buying Record selling
Italy Juventus 5 2
Spain Real Madrid 5 0
England Sunderland 4 2
Italy Milan 4 1
Italy Internazionale 4 0
Spain Barcelona 3 5
Italy Napoli 3 0
England Blackburn Rovers 2 1
England Aston Villa 2 1
England Preston North End 2 0
England Newcastle United 2 0
England Manchester United 1 2
England Bolton Wanderers 1 2
Italy Lazio 1 1
England Sheffield Wednesday 1 1
Argentina River Plate 1 1
Spain Real Bétis 1 0
Scotland Falkirk 1 0
Italy Roma 1 0
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 0
England Small Heath 1 0
England Middlesbrough 1 0
England Derby County 1 0
England Arsenal 1 0
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 2
Italy Bologna 0 2
England West Ham United 0 2
Uruguay Peñarol 0 1
Scotland Kilmarnock 0 1
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 0 1
Netherlands Ajax 0 1
Italy Vicenza 0 1
Italy Varese 0 1
Italy Torino 0 1
Italy Sampdoria 0 1
Italy Parma 0 1
Italy Mantova 0 1
Italy Fiorentina 0 1
Italy Atalanta 0 1
France Olympique de Marseille 0 1
England West Bromwich Albion 0 1
England Tottenham Hotspur 0 1
England South Shields 0 1
England Sheffield United 0 1
England Plymouth Argyle 0 1
England Notts County 0 1
England Burnley 0 1
England Barnsley 0 1
Brazil São Paulo 0 1
Argentina Tigre 0 1
Argentina Boca Juniors 0 1

Cumulative transfers[]

[119][120]

Player Transfers Fees
(£ mln)
Belgium Romelu Lukaku 5 £293.5
Brazil Neymar 2 £246.6
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 3 £204.2
France Kylian Mbappé 1 £165.7
Belgium Eden Hazard 2 £162
Spain Álvaro Morata 4 £156.8
Brazil Philippe Coutinho 3 £150.5
France Ousmane Dembélé 2 £148.5
France Antoine Griezmann 2 £131
Argentina Ángel Di María 4 £129.5

Managers[]

For football managers, the list is as follows:

Julian Nagelsmann was purchased by Bayern Munich from RB Leipzig for a world record-breaking fee in 2021.
Brendan Rodgers was purchased by Leicester City from Celtic for a record-breaking fee for a British manager in 2019.
José Mourinho is the most expensive manager purchased by a Spanish team, moving to Real Madrid in 2010 from Internazionale.
Rank Coach From To Transfer fee
(£ million) 		Transfer fee
(€ million) 		Year
1 Germany Julian Nagelsmann[121] Germany RB Leipzig Germany Bayern Munich £21.7 €25 2021
2 Portugal André Villas-Boas[122][123] Portugal Porto England Chelsea £13.3 €15 2011
3 Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers[124] Scotland Celtic England Leicester City £9 €10.44 2019
4 Portugal Rúben Amorim[125] Portugal Braga Portugal Sporting CP £8.65 €10 2020
5 Portugal José Mourinho[126] Italy Internazionale Spain Real Madrid £6.8 €8 2010
6 Austria Adi Hütter[127] Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach £6.5 €7.5 2021
7 Wales Mark Hughes[128] England Blackburn Rovers England Manchester City £5 €6.2 2008
Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers[129] Wales Swansea City England Liverpool £5 €6.2 2012
Netherlands Ronald Koeman[130] England Southampton England Everton £5 €6 2015
Italy Maurizio Sarri[131] England Chelsea Italy Juventus £5 €5.55 2019
11 Germany Marco Rose[132] Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany Borussia Dortmund £4.36 €5 2021
12 Netherlands Peter Bosz[133] Netherlands Ajax Germany Borussia Dortmund £4.3 €5 2017
Germany Julian Nagelsmann[134] Germany 1899 Hoffenheim Germany RB Leipzig £4.4 €5 2019
14 Portugal Marco Silva[135] England Watford England Everton £4 €4.6 2018
England Frank Lampard[136] England Derby County England Chelsea £4 €4.68 2019
16 England Alan Pardew[137] England Newcastle United England Crystal Palace £3.5 €4.4 2015
17 Chile Manuel Pellegrini[138] Spain Villarreal Spain Real Madrid £3.4 €4 2009
18 Italy Carlo Ancelotti[139] France Paris Saint-Germain Spain Real Madrid £3.3 €3.8 2013
19 England Steve Bruce[140] England Birmingham City England Wigan Athletic £3 €3.4 2007
England Steve Bruce[141] England Wigan Athletic England Sunderland £3 €3.4 2009
21 Switzerland Lucien Favre[142] France Nice Germany Borussia Dortmund £2.6 €3 2018
22 Portugal Leonardo Jardim[143] Portugal Sporting CP France Monaco £2.3 €3 2014
23 England Harry Redknapp[144] England Portsmouth England Tottenham Hotspur £2 €2.5 2008
Spain Roberto Martínez[145] Wales Swansea City England Wigan Athletic £2 €2.5 2009
England Tony Mowbray[146] England West Bromwich Albion Scotland Celtic £2 €2.5 2009
England Roy Hodgson[147] England Fulham England Liverpool £2 €2.5 2010
Scotland Alex McLeish[148] England Birmingham City England Aston Villa £2 €2.2 2011
Spain Roberto Martínez[149] England Wigan Athletic England Everton £2 €2.2 2013
England Gary Rowett[150] England Derby County England Stoke City £2 €2.2 2018
England Graham Potter[151] Wales Swansea City England Brighton & Hove Albion £2 €2.2 2019
31 Croatia Niko Kovač[152] Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Bayern Munich £1.9 €2.2 2018
32 Portugal José Mourinho[153] Portugal Porto England Chelsea £1.7 €2.5 2004
Portugal Paulo Fonseca[154] Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Italy Roma £1.7 €2 2019

Gallery[]

  • Kepa Arrizabalaga, the most expensive goalkeeper

  • Harry Maguire, the most expensive defender

  • Philippe Coutinho, the most expensive midfielder

  • Neymar, the most expensive forward and the most expensive footballer

  • Kylian Mbappé, the most expensive teenager and the most expensive player in a domestic transfer

See also[]

  • Professionalism in association football
  • List of world association football records

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